75.9 percent vote in favor of the constitutional amendments
CAIRO: Justice Minister Mamdouh Marei announced Tuesday that 75.9 percent of Egyptians who voted in the referendum were in favor of the 34 constitutional amendments which were approved by the…
Bank of Alexandria IPO set for Q4 2007
CAIRO: The Ministry of Investment announced Tuesday it has selected Beltone Financial to prepare and execute the initial public offering of a 15 percent stake in the Bank of Alexandria…
Interview: Unleashing the power of the written word
CAIRO: For the most part, writers of fiction stay within the boundaries of the parallel world they have created. Ahdaf Soueif however tackles current socio-political concerns. Following her success as…
A magnet to a past era
Written by the late Egyptian Noaman Ashour, one of the pillars of local 60s theater, "El Maghmatees (The Hypnotist) belongs to the social-realism movement that charted life in post 1952-revolution…
How intuitive judgments affect our moral institutions
When we condemn the behavior of a politician, celebrity, or friend, we often end up appealing to our moral intuitions. "It just feels wrong! we say. But where do these…
Rice's show: Is it comedy or horror?
I sensed something was slightly unreal about the Jordanian capital Amman when I was there on Monday. The distorted reality, I quickly discovered, reflected the presence in town of US…
What Riyadh will mean for Palestinian-Israeli peace
More than ever, insofar as Saudi Arabia is concerned, a serious Palestinian-Israeli settlement process is a regional necessity and not a luxury that can be postponed to an indefinite future.…
Shatila refugee: 'If there is a chance not to live in this world we wouldn't'
CAIRO: Four graduate students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) gave a presentation Wednesday about their trip to Shatila, the infamous Palestinian refugee camp near Beirut. The students are…
Woman found with three crocodiles strapped to body at Gaza border crossing
Associated PressJERUSALEM: A woman was caught with three crocodiles strapped to her waist at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked strangely fat, officials said Monday.The woman…
Three-year-old girl is Egypt's 27th bird flu case
CAIRO: A three-year-old girl has contracted the potentially deadly strain of bird flu, bringing the total number of Egyptians to be diagnosed with the disease to 27 since it appeared…
